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Is clarification needed on what makes a duplicate question?
I asked this question on the Nickelodeon series Avatar Would it be possible for some to bend two elements? I linked to a previous question which had inspired it. Right away the first comment I ...
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What is the policy for author, series/universe/work tags?
The policy on tagging doesn't seem entirely clear with respect to when a question should have the author tag, when it should have the series/universe/work tag, and when/if it should have both. Since ...
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When I add a comment, Internet Explorer drops into compatibility mode
When I add a comment on the main site, something breaks such that IE8 drops into compatibility mode for the site. This has unfortunate side-effects like removing the bar across the top containing ...
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Chat background changed today
Earlier today, the background in chat changed. At least it did for a large band on the bottom of the chat box:
As you can see, this makes reading the text extremely difficult. The chat transcript ...
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Title for updated favorited question unreadable
On the Favorites tab of the User Profile screen, the title of an updated question becomes unreadable as it blends in with the background.
Once clicked through, the Title and background colors ...
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Why is someone downvoting video game questions?
How are the Etrian Odyssey cataclysms connected?
What's the meaning of Lucifel's corrected years in the opening?
What happened ultimately to the Succubus?
How did people survive on the ...
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Should we encourage plain English over acronyms / memes / techie jargon?
I realize that most of the regulars on this site (including me) are quite savvy in technical terms, in-universe lingo, and Internet-speak. But not everyone who looks for answers on this site may be.
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Should we ban questions focused on religions not germane to the works the question is asking about?
Apologies for the clunky title, but I couldn't think up anything more concise while keeping my meaning. :)
I saw this question today loosely on Harry Potter: Why is there religion in the HP wizarding ...
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Are My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic questions welcome here?
So, as some of you have noticed, I've been asking a lot of questions about friendship-is-magic on the site lately. It's because I've been watching the show in a marathon session on my breaks, after ...
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Are duplicate questions on different SE sites considered “exact duplicates”?
I noticed on Pureferret's question What happened to the Heroes from Diablo 1?, C. Ross mentions that the exact same question was asked on Gaming.SE. I don't think that means the question should be ...
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What just happened to the Teletubbies questions?
I mean, I know my question was one of two that just got migrated but there was no explanation or suggestion, it just went.
So I have two questions:
Why was it migrated?
What about all the other tv ...
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Where does it say that a user can't ask a question they know the answer to?
I can't find anywhere in the FAQ or rules that say a user can't ask a question if they already know the answer. I see constant references in comments and answers to this being prohibited, but, please ...
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“An edit has been made to this post” bar has same text color and bg color
When there's a change made to a question or answer that you're viewing, a handy bar pops up saying so, with a link to refresh the page to show the updated content. On meta, this bar has the text ...
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Does the “My Little Pony” franchise belong in SF&F? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What are our boundaries?
Context: I know it's hard to decide what is and what isn't Science Fiction or Fantasy. This is a classic discussion that goes well beyond the ...
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Are real world speculation questions still on topic?
This question links to this question which, in the comments links to this meta discussion about what is and isn't on topic here on SciFi.se.com.
My question, as the title states, is whether real ...
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Inconsistent tagging
There have been some recent discussions about Star Trek, Harry Potter and My Little Pony tags. While Star Trek tags seem to usually be prefixed with star-trek- (see the tags page) this seems to be ...
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What's with the happy-place tag?
I just saw this tag: happy-place. I've never heard of "happy place" before, and I googled it and couldn't find anything. Should it even be a tag?
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my-little-pony and friendship-is-magic
15 questions tagged my-little-pony
15 questions tagged friendship-is-magic
Exactly the same questions.
What's the difference between these two tags? Should they be merged?
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How do I vote on story identification questions/answers?
Most story identification questions are easy to vote on, if you think it's well written, not obvious and deserving of an answer it probably deserves an upvote.
The answers however are much harder for ...
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Are speculative science questions on-topic?
The first sentence of the site FAQ says:
Science Fiction and Fantasy - Stack Exchange is for questions targeted towards science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts.
To me, that should include ...
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How do I use AND OR and NOT logic in searches?
I'm following Atwood's post here and he gives an example on how to search questions with the tag bug, but not the wildcard tag [tag:status-*].
How would I use this to search for, as an example, all ...
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Are questions on series which are answered by upcoming episodes “time localised”?
Prompted by a question about the Game of Thrones TV series: What did Melisandre (the red woman) give birth to?
The scene being questioned about is at the end of one episode, and the question is very ...
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Literature is closing — what questions should we migrate here?
Our sister site Literature Stack Exchange is shutting down on May 4th due to a lack of activity.
There is some overlap between the two sites: written SF is on-topic on both. So there are questions on ...
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Massive Retagging/Editing
What exactly are the rules for massively editing/retagging questions?
Per Gilles in the chat, all efforts like that need to be approved beforehand. And I see his point. Having SO many edits flood the ...
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What type of gaming event would fit the site?
The notion that questions about science fiction and fantasy video games should be cultivated on this site was first introduced to me with this comment on the Topic of the Week page. Gilles made this ...
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Annotation repositories
How do we deal with lists of interesting information about a work (called “annotations” in the Pratchett fan community), such as Which of the items and monsters were references?
This question is ...
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Subsequent bounties
I wanted to start another bounty for
Is the "Zion Archive" (Animatrix) Machine Propaganda?
There was already a 250 rep bounty some time ago, but I'm still not happy with the answers ...
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Should “Data” tag be renamed to include context to avoid ambiguity?
Should data tag be renamed to include context to avoid ambiguity?
Since the tags are all lower-case, it's hard to tell whether the tag pertains to Lt. Commander Data of Star Trek:TNG, or to a noun ...
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Is information from Pottermore considered canonical?
Pottermore is now open to the public. Is information from that site considered canonical?
Are we allowed to quote from that site when answering HP questions? Presumably all the content is approved ...
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Why has this question been closed as off-topic?
Once this question was considered on-topic here: If I have the Comixology app, do I need the publisher ones?
Today, I asked a similar question: How does unlimited subscription of Marvel Comics work? ...
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Normalize and compress video audio
The audio on the Avengers vs. X-Men promotion videos seems incredibly quiet. Can you normalize and/or compress the audio tracks in the future?
e.g.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aqXpjy1FOs
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This edit will be visible only to you until it is peer reviewed
Who actually reviews the edit? The actual creator of the post? Some Moderator? Who? Is there any reputation I need to reach, to be able to edit without requiring peer reviewing?
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Does the [tag:avengers-vs-x-men] tag refer to the cross-over comics, or the contest?
It seems that most of the questions being asked in response to the comic are being tagged as avengers-vs-x-men, even though most of those questions don't seem relevant to the cross-over comic of that ...
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How can I change Spiderman tag to 'spider-man'
Spider-man should be tagged with spider-man not spiderman. I can't make these changes, as they are too similar, what should I do?
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Should the marvel/DC-comics tag be changed to just marvel/DC?
Marvel has long ago, moved past only supplying comics for it's audience and now boasts a thriving film and TV section as well. The same can be said about DC.
I think that by changing the tag to just, ...
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How should we tag a medium-ambiguous question?
This hulk question spans several mediums: TV, Movie, Comics etc. There's simply not enough room to tag all of these and avengersthe-incredible-hulkmarvel-comics.
How should medium ambiguous questions ...
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Are questions duplicate if they share a topic, and a title, but not a medium?
To clarify, if there are two questions that are essentially asking the same basic question, about the same title (in this case The Walking Dead), but each question is asking about a different medium ...
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Are questions without enough data 'unanswerable'?
Are questions like my latest one about The Borg unanswerable because there is not enough data to answer? Is "We don't know there isn't enough information" not a good enough answer?
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Should the information that Vader reveals in Cloud-City be considered a spoiler?
It is quite common knowledge that
However, this is technically a spoiler (I think there are still some folk around that haven't watched the Star Wars films). It pops up in some questions, and ...
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How should Game of Thrones questions tied to the TV show be tagged?
Since the Game of Thrones show is now Topic of the Week, I have a question/issue with how the questions should be tagged.
In order to be eligible for the contest, questions need to be tagged ...
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Should controversial questions that mods deem 'unhelpful' be closed and temporarily archived in meta?
A recent question was deleted off the face of SE (asking about Star Wars). This was clearly a popular question, but potentially unhelpful for the site. If the concensus that such questions are unfit ...
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Why are moderators going against consensus on meta?
OK, this does it. This site is officially painful to participate in, thank to blatant moderator abuse.
This question: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/14028/what-was-this-scifi-story
Was ...
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Why are humorous questions off topic?
Regarding this question: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/14028/2565
It is obviously not entirely serious, but I find it amusingly clever. If it was tagged as quiz or something similar, what would be ...
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Why did I just get accosted by a unicorn?
After resuming my computer from suspend, and clicking on the scifi.stackexchange tab, a unicorn popped up on my screen welcoming me back? There was no close button on the unicorn, just a couple of ...
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Avengers vs. X-Men SciFi Event!
We’re excited to announce a great new contest built around Marvel’s epic 12 issue Avengers vs X-Men limited series, which is this year's big Marvel event!
The goals of this contest are two-fold:
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Why can't I respond to the responses I've gotten to my question?
Can the mods help me? I'm trying to respond to some of the responses I've gotten in my earlier questions and I just cant do it. I can see other people responding though, I'm just not sure how to do ...
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What is the name of creature drawn above Ask Question?
I like the background image used on this site. I want to know the name of creature present above Ask Question button.
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In-universe speculation vs. original research
While there are many ways to classify questions, one common way seems to be whether it is looking for a real-world answer or an in-universe explanation. As a believer in the power of community-driven ...
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Is a question like “is this [self-made graphic] correct/spot the errors [in said graphic]” acceptable?
If I were to create something analgous to xkcd's Movie Narrative Chart for some other story, would posting as a question to ask 'is this correct' appropriate?
I could see it being closed as being ...
